Pterynotus tripterus
Pterynotus tripterus, common name : the three-winged murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Description
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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References
- Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 April 2011.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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